Disney Plus's Star Wars universe is set to expand with the premiere of the new series "Acolyte" set in the High Republic era of Star Wars history, about a century before the event of "Star Wars: Episode I–Phantom Menace""It gives creator Leslie Headland a higher level of creative freedom than a writer who has to fit his own story into a brief moment between movies, and in the official Star Wars canon, it's a largely unexplored era Headland, best known as the co-creator of the Netflix series "Russian Doll," directed the first 2 episodes of "The Acolyte," and other directors of the 8-episode season include acclaimed filmmaker Kogonada ("After Yang") and TV veterans Hanelle Culpepper and Alex Garcia Lopez

Carrie Ann Moss, Amandla Stenberg and "Squid Game" star Lee Jung・jae lead the cast of the series, and here's everything we know so far about the next first season of the mysterious Su "Acolyte" set in the Star Wars world

The wait for "Acolyte" is almost over as the first 2 episodes will premiere on 6/4 Disney Plus, with the remaining 6 episodes debuting next Tuesday 

It's a typical pattern for the Disney Plus Star Wars series rollout, which builds buzz for shows like "Mandalorian" and "Andor""Because "The Acolyte" is set as a murder mystery, the weekly release date gives fans a twist on the plot and a possible plot twist Give the opportunity to guess about the solution

The first trailer for "Acolyte," released in May, opens with Master Sol teaching a group of Jedi lads, introducing the central concept of the series that someone is killing a Jedi The trailer introduces a multi-Jedi showdown with a familiar sinister red lightsaber-wielding enemy, in addition to some fierce battles between May and both Master Indala and Master Sol

The second trailer for "Acolyte," released for Star Wars Day on May 4, again begins with establishing the shocking murder of the Jedi and closes with a slightly more substantial glimpse of its red light saber-wielding enemies In the meantime, smuggler Kimir offers his critique of the galactic order imposed by the Jedi, and there is also a hint that May is even more impressive de "Acolyte" of her formidable combat skills to deal with the rise of the Force's corrupt Dark side

While there's still not much known about the characters in "The Acolyte," Disney Plus has released an official cast list that includes 10 series regulars But if past Star Wars series are any indication, there is no guarantee that all of those characters will appear in every episode, and some of the credited main cast members will only appear sporadically during the season

"The Acolyte" is set decades before the previous Star Wars movie, but it's possible that familiar Star Wars characters will appear to some extent But for now, all the announced actors — including 2 of the collaborators of Headland's "Russian Dolls" - are playing new characters 

The cast list for the first season of "Acolyte" looks like this:

Aside from what can be gleaned from the trailer, an official synopsis from Disney Plus about the plot of "The Acolyte," a standard practice of Star Wars, to keep fans interested and avoid spoilers, offers this vague explanation: "The investigation into the shocking crime spree is not his past" As more and more clues emerge from the revered against the dangerous warriors, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal that not everything is what it seems

It is clear that Lee Jong-jae's Master Sol will hunt down those responsible for killing the Jedi, and that his investigation will put him in the path of former-viewed Amandla Sternberg's May She may have been responsible for the murder, or she may have gone rogue to track down the real culprit 

Collider, who told Leslye Headland as creator, "The Acolyte" will be a serial 8-part story: "There is a comprehensive story told between 8 episodes It's a mystery thriller, meaning each episode you have to watch to get more information and start to get investedHeadland also suggested some connections to other Star Wars properties: "There are alien references, lots of Clone Wars references, lots of original trilogy references" Basically, everything I love about Star Wars, and I think I can recognize it"

The main mystery may end at the end of the eight episodes, but Headland already has plans for the second season, and given the overarching Star Wars myth led by Lucasfilm's chief creative Officer Dave Filoni, "Acolyte" is the first episode of that eight It is not an exaggeration to say that it affects far beyond the sword